BUSINESS NOTES OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL MARKETS DECLINE.VENTURA - Reflecting a nationwide trend, Ventura County saw its office and industrial markets dip in the second quarter of this year, commercial real estate experts said Wednesday. Both sectors are not expected to pick up again until next year, reported CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. . While west Ventura County saw its industrial vacancies increase, the east county saw a slight drop to 6.2 percent in second quarter from 7.8 percent because of carry-over deals made last year or during the first quarter. Court: Napster can operate again SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden - Now that it says it can block all but a tiny fraction of unauthorized song-swapping, Napster Inc. can resume its operations on the Internet, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a federal judge's order last week ordering the company to remain off-line until it can fully comply with an injunction to remove all copyright music from its online site. June price index rises 0.2 percent WASHINGTON - Food, housing and health care costs ate into consumers' wallets last month, but lower energy prices helped to moderate inflation. The consumer price index increased 0.2 percent in June, the Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working said Wednesday. The index was up 3.8 percent for the year. Fire sprinklers may be defective WASHINGTON - Millions of fire sprinklers in buildings across America are being replaced because they might not work properly during fires, the manufacturer said Wednesday. Central Sprinkler Co., which is owned by Tyco International For the unrelated division of Mattel, see . Tyco International Ltd. NYSE: TYC is a diversified manufacturing conglomerate incorporated in Bermuda, with United States operational headquarters in New Jersey. Ltd., is providing free replacements for the defective sprinklers. The company discovered the older sprinkler heads have O-ring seals that can corrode cor·rode v. cor·rod·ed, cor·rod·ing, cor·rodes v.tr. 1. To destroy a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action: acid corroding metal. . People seeking more information about how to replace their sprinklers should call the company at (800) 871-3492. Microsoft asks for new hearing SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to grant a rehearing rehearing n. conducting a hearing again based on the motion of one of the parties to a lawsuit, petition or criminal prosecution, usually by the court or agency which originally heard the matter. on whether the company illegally bundled code for Web browsing software with that of its dominant Windows desktop operating system The control program in a user's machine (desktop or laptop). Also called a "client operating system," Windows is the overwhelming majority while the Macintosh comes second. There are also several versions of Linux for the desktop. Contrast with network operating system. . Microsoft argues that the Justice Department's witnesses, in its antitrust case Noun 1. antitrust case - a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place action at law, legal action, action - a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a , did not back up its assertion that Microsoft used the same software to do different things in order to further its operating system monopoly. Comcast takeover rejected by AT&T NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - AT&T Corp. announced Wednesday that its board of directors has unanimously rejected a $40 billion takeover bid for its cable TV business from Comcast Corp. A statement issued by AT&T after a board meeting in Denver asserted that ``Comcast's proposal did not reflect the full value of AT&T Broadband,'' the name of the huge cable operation AT&T built in recent years through pricey acquisitions that left a mountain of debt. At the same time, however, AT&T said it has decided to delay finalizing and mailing a proposal to shareholders seeking approval for the next step in a breakup plan that would spin off the cable division as an independent company. |
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